Hang in there brother - hope everything gets better for you and your family.
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Last week was last week. Emotionally it was hard, but at least my little cousin/“nephew” that i mentioned in the previous post is doing better.
My wife will be going into the doc office today to get her test results, which is stressful, but hopefully we at least get an answer.
Im starting a new project today…another reno. It will be a good couple weeks to get it finished.
Im planning on getting my push session in tonight, but life happens and if my wifes results are not good then we will see. She is more important that training is.
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Hey man, hoping for the best for you and your family. I’m glad to see you got some good news on your little guy at least. At least you will get results today and not have to wait super long. Don’t be afraid to seek refuge in lifting if it will help you detach from reality for a bit.
This is 10000% correct. Much like they say in regards to work - train to live, don’t live to train.
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Thanks, i appreciate your words
So we did get results for my wife, and thank goodness its not cancer. But i imagine she will have to have some kind of surgery, she is being referred to a specialist so we will see.
I did get in a push session last night, felt great physically and mentally…i went off books a little bit but it was still a push session with some meadows flavor so to me it counts.
Flys x 2 straight sets 1 sorta failure set
Dips x 4 straight sets to sorta failure
Incline chest press x 3 sets @ 20 reps
Side raises x 3 sets
Face pull x 2 x 20
T.g. Tricep kickback ss banded press down
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If the weather is decent, go for a walk with her. It’s quality time together and walking is restorative. It can actually help lower your circilating cortisol levels and it looks like you’ve had plenty of stress. Your body has probably been dumping cortisol like crazy.
Glad to hear your wife received the best news possible for that sort of test.
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Thank you for the advice man. Much appreciated
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Daily work
2 sets facepull
2 sets bpa
2 sets puhsups (50 reps)
2 sets curls
2 sets cruches
*flexability work for 10-15 min
So i decided to start doing daily work weather it makes sense or not. I just need to do more than what i have been doing. A big part is for the mental side of things. The little routine above should be pretty easy to handle for a while, and all it requires is a resistance band. Physical benefits? At the very least it will help with work by means of the upperback work and flexability. Otherwise…who knows. Mental relief? Yup. And for the time being im not gonna be pursuing the meadows program. Im not trying to program hop here, but right now with my wifes health stuff and what not, i cant mentally deal with a premade program. Im just gonna do what i want for a while…i almost feel like i need to overwork myself in a way. The type of stress that comes from a spouse going through stuff is just…different…and its defiantly triggered my depression. So yeah…thats the update.
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Daily work
2 x face pull 2 x bpa 2 x pushup 2 x curls 2 x crunches 10 min flexability
I can run through this pretty quickly, and on pushups im already seeing a little progress. On my first set i am going for reps…not true failure or whatever, but i have been able to improve by a few reps over the week.
Got a lot to do today, including getting ready for my next reno job that starts on monday. I get to go tool shopping!
Had a cheat last night - cake. It was ok.
Hopefully i can squeeze in some other training tonight. If i can, i want to do some leg stuff but focus mostly on hammies.
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Bought some tools this weekend for my next reno starting tomorrow. Its a lot of labor so we will see how training goes.
I have been doing lower carbs for a couple weeks, and carbing up on the weekends. So far, i like it and we will see how it goes. Almost like a mild version of the anabolic diet. This is just instinctive dieting too…not a specific plan.
I have always bought a couple protien sources when we do groceries, but i started buying a leaner one and a fattier one. I dont have a real reason for it. Right now most of it is salmon and chicken, eggs and whey.
Training has been ok…i over extended my shoulder a little at work so upper body stuff aside from arms has felt a little funny.
As i was writing this, my client called and said that the inspector is holding up their project so I wont be able to start until later this week hopefully. Oye…at least i have a different job i can start.
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Well, my right shoulder got a very good workout yesterday, and its gonna happen again today…troweling out ceilings all day. Had to go and buy a new mixing drill yesterday too cause my old one croaked.
Still getting in my daily’s weather i do a main session or not. Gonna have to do some rehab type work this weekend for my shoulders too cause i have a lot of sanding in my very near future, which for me is a lot of bpa’s and face pulls. This is why i have a hard time getting shoulder pumps…they are so conditioned from work. I can get them stronger no problem, but getting a pump? Not so much.
Btw…if anyone is interested, i have an ig for my business hawkeandtrowelconstruction is the handle.
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Strongman session in the snow
Tire flips down and back
Farmers carry down and back
Kb swing x 10
3 rounds
Duck walk down and back
Stone to shoulder x 5
Tire deadlift x 10
3 rounds
Shovel snow for conditioning
On a side note, my business cards finally came in!
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If you’re interested, I have some ideas to help you achieve this.
I would definitely be interested, thanks
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Reverse DB fly partials - bend over with some DBs and grab a weight that is too heavy for full flys and dry 1/2 reps. I use 45 lb DBs and do 20 reps on set 1. The reps tend to drop after that set. Focus on the eccentric/lowering portion and go slow (or basically fight gravity and lose).
Lat DB Raise - the usual but go to failure and then do partials until you can’t. Again, fight the eccentric.
These are all I need as finishers. I’ve also achieved a great pump and DOMS by doing 100 push presses with 95 lbs as a stand-alone workout.
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Ok i will give that a shot in the morning, thanks very much for the ideas 
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Happy to help. Those are the basics and don’t take long. I can create a shoulder finisher consisting of 4-6 exercises, if necessary.
Ok, i will keep that in mind. I will start with what you gave me and go from there
Feeling the delts is a common discussion. I forgot to tell you to think about pulling/raising your arms from the shoulder… or at least the elbow. Picture a string attached to your elbow. It pulls the elbow in an arc. This helped me eliminate the urge to push my arms to or out. Pushing seems to break the MMC and you use different muscles than intended.
It’s hard to explain and hard to discover, but once you figure it out you’ll never train shoulders the same.
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